New Tricks

Richard Amery, Kenora Daily Miner and News
The new pride of Austin, The Rhythm Dawgs, resurrect the spirit of the Arc Angels on their second CD.

Product Description
Rock and Roll that's not afraid to have a good time. The second offering from Austin's Rhythm Dawgs showcases their diverse song writting as well as they're infectious playing!

The band's numerous influences, from Foghat to Freddie King, come through with a dash of Texas roadhouse attitude. If you're a fan of guitar-based rock that's got a good dose of the blues thrown in for good measure, the check out "New Tricks" from The Rhythm Dawgs.

With the assistance of Ex-Storyville/Double Trouble vocalist Malford Milligan and engineer-extraordinaire Mark Donovan, the band's live energy has finally been captured on CD.

The Rhythm Dawgs "New Tricks"...part rock 'n' rock, part Texas blues, and all good

New Tricks

New Tricks,Rhythm Dawgs,Rhythm Dawg Records,Blues,Rock,Rock and roll from Austin, TX that's not afraid to have a good time.

Average customer rating: remarkable evocation of a bygone style Wodehouse the magnificent The Rolls Royce of Zez Confrey recordings.

Zez Confrey Piano Rolls and Scores Manufacturer: Warner Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Confrey: Piano Music Keyboard Wizards Of The Gershwin Era, Vol.4 James Scott: The Complete Works 1903-1922 American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb Complete Stark Rags of Joseph F. Lamb ASIN: B00007KMNW Release Date: 2003-04-01

Tracks:

1. Dizzy Fingers
2. The Red Lantern
3. By The Waters Of The Minnetonka
4. Novelette
5. Waltz Mirage
6. Greenwich Witch
7. Afghanistan
8. Kitten On The Keys
9. Kinda Careless
10. The Sheik Of Araby
11. Heaven's Garden
12. Stumbling
13. Jaywalk
14. Tap Dance Of The Chimes
15. Humorestless
16. That Thing Called Love
17. Midsummer's Nightmare
18. Tricks
19. Coaxing The Piano
20. Concert Etude
21. My Pet
22. Relaxation
23. Fantasy Of Today

Customer Reviews:

remarkable evocation of a bygone style.......2003-07-25

In some ways, Artis Wodehouse's Disklavier realization of Zez Confrey's lighter-than-air pianistic joyrides is an even more impressive accomplishment than her previous restorations of Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton piano rolls. Confrey's novelty style seems the truest musical embodiment of F. Scott Fitzgerald. It is fascinating to hear the spirit of the 20s come to life in such a nerve titillating way. Especially remarkable are the selections hand played by Ms. Wodehouse into the Disklavier. Though they are designated on the jacket liner notes, by ear it is impossible to tell the difference-- a tribute to the complete success and seamless integrity of her stylistic resurrection.

Wodehouse the magnificent.......2003-04-25

I've heard Artis Wodehouse play in other venues and she is an artist of the most amazing versatility and profound knowledge, not to mention astounding energy. This CD is exciting to listen to, friends play in their workplaces to add zip to life there. It will bring you tremendous enjoyment.

The Rolls Royce of Zez Confrey recordings........2003-04-10

If you already know and enjoy Zez Confrey's music, this disc belongs in your collection. If Confrey is unknown to you, this disc still belongs in your collection, unless of course you find joyful, exuberant piano music to be repugnant.

For those new to Confrey, here's a brief description:

Edward Elzear Confrey (known to all as Zez) was a self-described composer of novelty piano music, his way of trying to describe music that was at once influenced by ragtime, early jazz, popular songs, and classical composers, particularly Debussy and MacDowell. His music rarely if ever aspires to emotional profundity, but its sheer joy, bounce, and tunefulness make it hard to put down once you've started, whether as listener or pianist. As an amateur pianist, I've been playing Zez Confrey's music for 20 years. The reactions I have gotten from people over the years have been consistently the same; "Wow! Who wrote that?", and "Are there recordings of this music I can buy?". Now, this disc gives me an easy answer to the second question.

This disc is Artis Wodehouse's fourth disc devoted to her amazing humanized piano rolls. The first two covered a good cross-section of George Gershwin's piano rolls, while a third was a collection of piano rolls by Jelly Roll Morton. This is easily her finest work since the first "Gershwin plays Gershwin" disc in 1993.

Zez Confrey, like his contemporaries George Gershwin and Jelly Roll Morton, left behind a well-rounded collection of acoustic gramophone recordings as well as paper piano rolls. The least sophisticated of these paper rolls merely captured the notes that the pianist played and nothing more. Once the roll was published and sold, it was the job of the consumer, operating his or her own reproducing piano, to mechanically add pedaling, rubato, and dynamics as he or she saw fit. However, the most sophisticated reproducing rolls captured not only the notes but the pedaling, rubato, and dynamics used by the pianist, often with uncanny accuracy. All paper rolls allowed the pianist the option of post-production editing, e.g., removing wrong notes, and in popular music such as this, adding dazzling "third hand" counterpoint effects that made the end result unplayable by a human pianist. Confrey was one the best at this, and he uses this technique liberally throughout the rolls on this disc. (For those of you familiar with Confrey's "Kitten on the Keys" or "Dizzy Fingers" in their standard published versions, you're in for a treat once you hear Confrey's souped up three-handed versions presented here.) Still, even the best of these paper rolls played back on the best reproducing pianos could never be mistaken by an astute listener for a human being (two-handed or otherwise). There was always a discernible gap between playing produced in the human realm and that of the mechanical realm, that is until relatively recently. The explosion of digital technology has allowed such things as computerized reproducing pianos like the Yamaha Disklavier to become a readily available reality. Recordings made and played back on such pianos are virtually indistinguishable from live human performances. It wasn't long before people like Artis Wodehouse starting exploring ways to apply this technology to the old paper rolls, finally enabling listeners to experience what it might have been like to hear pianists like Gershwin, Morton, and Confrey recorded in the flesh, and in modern sound. By taking the information encoded on these old paper rolls and feeding it into a Yamaha Disklavier system, she has been able narrow the gap between human playing and mechanical playing to the point of near nonexistence. Through careful study of Confrey's actual playing from acoustic recordings, Wodehouse has softened the mechanical edges, painstakingly adding those qualities that distinguished Confrey's playing in the flesh, effectively making each roll indistinguishable from an actual human performance.

On the first Gershwin disc from 1993, several of the rolls she chose had been previously recorded in their original paper roll form. Having heard these original paper roll recordings, listening to Artis Wodehouse's humanized versions of these same rolls was like seeing an old film before and then after restoration. In short, it was a revelation.

This new Zez Confrey disc easily lives up to these high standards Wodehouse set for herself, indeed this disc may even set the bar higher. This time around, not only is Wodehouse working from two different types of paper rolls, she is actually playing some of the pieces herself, works that Confrey did not record, but that deserve a place on any disc of Confrey's music. The joyful bounce and rhythmic snap of her playing so perfectly matches Confrey's own playing that it becomes impossible to tell which tracks are hers and which are Confrey's. The result is an amazingly seamless and unified blend of musicianship, scholarship, technological know-how, with an astute understanding of the individual elements that made Confrey's playing unique. Whether as pianist or digital editor, with this CD, Wodehouse has done more for Confrey's music than has anyone before her. The results are well worth hearing.

Average customer rating: Here we go again! Clark at his best

Great Picks & New Tricks Roy Clark Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Roy Clark The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark The Very Best of Roy Clark Banjo Bandits Roy Clark - Greatest Hits [Varese] ASIN: B000000CBB Release Date: 1995-01-17

Tracks:

1. If I Had To Do It All Over Again
2. The Tips Of My Fingers
3. Something Average
4. I Never Picked Cotton
5. Yesterday When I Was Young
6. Thank God And Greyhound
7. Honeymoon Feeling
8. I'd Fall In Love Tonight
9. Come Live With Me
10. Heart To Heart
11. Somewhere Between Love And Tomorrow
12. Another Lonely Night With You

Customer Reviews:

Here we go again!.......2004-05-05

Guess what?? If you sit around all day long thinking to yourself, "Self, I sure do wish Roy Clark will remake his old hits again," then your dream has came true. Every song here is a remake, professionally done, but a remake none the less.

To me, I never was a big fan of these songs in the first place, they were more novelty type songs, even when he tried to be serious, he always sounded like a gimmick type act.

But what is here, remakes, are done professionaly, and I guess Roy Clarks true fans will love it. But if you are a completist like me, you would rather have the original recordings, which these are not.

And something else, don't take the picture of Clark on the back of the cd playing the guitar make you think there are "guitar sounding" songs. All the songs here are done in the vegas type sound Clark is famous for.

Clark at his best.......2000-07-11

This album is one of Clarks best IMO all of Clarks greatest hits are here,would recommend it highly

Average customer rating: Funny CD

Old Dogs, New Tricks Barry Louis Polisar Manufacturer: Rainbow Morning Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Teacher's Favorites Naughty Songs for Boys & Girls Family Trip Singable Songs for the Very Young: Great with a Peanut-Butter Sandwich ASIN: B00004TGHS Release Date: 1993-04-01

Tracks:

1. Our Dog Bernard
2. One day My Best Friend Barbara Turned Into A Frog
3. I Need You Like A Donut Needs A Hole
4. I'm A Three-Toed, Triple Eyed, Double Jointed Dinosaur
5. The Bumble Bee Song
6. What If I Had Zebra Spots
7. I Wanna Be A Dog
8. The Apple Of My Eye
9. My BrotherThinks He's A Banana
10. All I Want Is You
11. The Skatter Brak Flath Who Lives In My Bath
12. Giggle Tickle Fiddle Little Wiggle Around
13. I've Got A Dog and My Dog's Name Is Cat

Amazon.com

Forced to single out what, exactly, makes Barry Louis Polisar a brilliant and hilarious kids' artist, one would be hard-pressed to pick between his absurdist songwriting and his deadpan delivery. On Old Dog, New Tricks, a 1993 album so named, presumably, because of its minor canine angle ("Our Dog Bernard," "I Wanna Be a Dog," and "I've Got a Dog and My Dog's Name Is Cat" are among the 13 tracks), the choice is as challenging as ever. Consider "My Brother Thinks He's a Banana," for instance. Here, a hapless fellow "sleeps curled up in the fruit bowl" despite his grandma's protests, and turns yellow "but seems to be O.K." In fact, his fruity predicament notwithstanding, the banana brother "really is a scholar / [He's] read all the books by Bellow / Although he likes to clown around / And cut up in the Jell-O." There's also the sweet, just shy of sincere "I Need You Like a Donut Needs a Hole," in which a sheepish Polisar admits that "I need you like a peanut in a shell / Gonna hold you in my arms like water in a well." This album bubbles over with silliness--from the nonsensical "Giggle Tickle Fiddle Little Wiggle Around" to the goofy "One Day My Best Friend Barbara Turned into a Frog." Old Dog even incorporates a thought-provoking number or two, most notably "What If a Zebra Had Spots"--"What if a tiger had spots? / What if a leopard did not?" But, as usual, Polisar's believability--he may clown around, but he never seems to be putting on a condescending kiddie act--also makes this album leagues more likable than similar-minded releases. Others may try to portray "3-Toed, Triple-Eyed, Double-Jointed Dinosaurs" in song, but none will pull it off with the polished comic punch of Polisar. -- Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Funny CD.......2007-07-16

I grew up with these songs and they are just as funny now that I have my own kids.

Average customer rating: Classic OBD from the original line-up One of the best.

New Tricks Old Blind Dogs Manufacturer: Klub Records Ltd. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Celtic Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Celtic | Europe | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Close to the Bone Five Legacy Fit? Live ASIN: B000003NHG Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Bennachie
2. The Garnethill/Miss Mairi Mac Phail Of Laxdale
3. The Bonnie Banks O' Fordie
4. J & B Reel/The Bonawe Highlanders
5. The Wee Wee German Lairdie
6. Monaghan's Jig
7. The Bonnie Lass O' Fyvie
8. Song For Autumn
9. Gala Water
10. The Ferret Set
11. Bedlam Boys/The Rights Of Man

Customer Reviews:

Classic OBD from the original line-up.......2005-08-07

While not as popular (or arguably quite as good) as Close to the Bone or Legacy, this is still the classic sound of the Benzie era OBD. The music has a drive and an energy that even the best of the competition (such as the Tanahill Weavers or, dare I say, the classic super group Silly Wizard) can never quite match. I call it "hard core" Scottish Folk. Good Celtic music always makes you want to dance, but this is the only stuff I've found I can also head bang to! The lyrics also have a starkness, even a black humor, far removed from the sentimental ballads of most other bands (see Bonnie Banks of Fordie and Bedlam Boys) Yet there are tender moments, too. Song for Autumn is simplistic ballad perfection, with Benzie's incomparable voice delicatly accompanied by just a single guitar. Of course, the rest of the tracks are great too, just listen to the samples!

In short, the Dogs haven't quite reached the fever pitch they would in Legacy, Close to the Bone, or Live, but then, they haven't started the slide towards light jazzy-celtic easy listening that they reach on their latest (Gab o May) either. Don't get me wrong, there's nothing wrong with that, if you're into that kind of thing, but you have to admit, bands with that sound are a dime a dozen in Celtic music nowadays. So if you've already fallen in love with the hard hitting sound of the original lineup in their later works, and want to know where to go from there, THIS is the album you want. As a matter of fact, its not a bad one to start out with, either.

-(note, for those who don't know, singer guitarist Ian Benzie and drummer Dave Cattanacht left the band after Five, and Jim Malcom took over as vocalist/guitarist on the Fit? album. This work still has some hard hitting numbers, but Malcolm brought jazzier chords and crooning vocals to most tracks. This trend grew with the next albums, and there is a BIG difference in the sound of the band from Benzie's years.)

One of the best........2005-01-22

Not just one of the best of OBD's albums, or even that strange genre known as 'Celtic', or even 'Folk' - this is one of THE BEST CD's no matter how you slice it.

Simply superb.

Average customer rating: The Love Dogs Have Some New Tricks Up Their Sleeves

New Tricks The Love Dogs Manufacturer: Tone Cool ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Retro Swing | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Blues | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Heavy Petting I'm Yo Dog Holiday Romance Evil Prozac Nation ASIN: B00004XR57 Release Date: 2000-09-12

Tracks:

1. Don't Bug Me
2. Northbound Train
3. The Day Before I Met You
4. Long Long Day
5. You'll Never Know
6. Why Did You Lie?
7. Nobody's Dog Part III
8. Watch That Dog
9. Well Oh Well
10. Hand It Over
11. You Be My Baby
12. Someone To Blame
13. Richest Guy In The Graveyard
14. Flexible Flyer?She Puts Up With Me

Customer Reviews:

The Love Dogs Have Some New Tricks Up Their Sleeves.......2000-10-10

The Love Dogs' newest release on Tone-Cool Records could easily be described with just one word ... eclectic. I believe the band touches on damn near every style of music on this CD ... thus the title "New Tricks". They hit an extremely wide range of musical styles here ... latin-flavored funk ("The Day Before I Met You"), Texas swamp music ("Long, Long Day"), second line strut ("Northbound Train"), soul ("You'll Never Know"), and even zydeco ("Watch That Dog"). And they do all of this without sacrificing their trademark jump blues sound they've become so well known for. Besides their own eclectic originals, the Love Dogs have also marked their territory on a couple of classic R&B covers, such as Tiny Bradshaw's "Well Oh Well", Dinah Washington's "Richest Guy In The Graveyard", and Ray Charles' "You Be My Baby" ... as well as a cover of contemporary blues hero Keb' Mo's "Hand It Over". Definitely enough variety here to please just about everyone.

The Dawg's have not only succeeded at incorporating the variety of music that a live Love Dog's show normally consists of, but they have also succeeded at getting more of the energy of one of their live shows into this CD as well. If you have ever attended one of their shows, then you know that not only are you going to be extremely entertained, but that the band is going to do something unpredictable to put a smile on your face. For example, the last time I saw a Love Dogs show, lead singer Ed Scheer proclaimed "This is how we do it in Boston!", then grabbed his cordless microphone and proceeded to wander out into the crowd as he began the next tune ... followed closely by the rest of the band in what resembled a conga line ... all still playing their instruments. A large portion of the patrons filed in behind them as they made their way through the club ... singing and playing all the way, upstairs, outside, down the street, and back to the stage ... much to the delight of the crowd.

Love Dogs shows are, in fact, legendary. They have actually been dubbed "the Grateful Dead of Jump Blues". And although no two shows are ever the same, you can always count on the band's interaction with their rabid fans. They're not just on the stage to play their songs and leave, like so many other bands. They have to give their fans an event to remember. Says Scheer, "It's important to us to have fun. We have a lot of humor in our music, and we love to surprise each other and make each other laugh. That's a big part of what we do, and when a crowd can see that it becomes contagious. We call that the `Tribal Love Vibe'" But just because they're having a lot of fun and being silly, don't think that this pack of dogs are not also serious musicians. They are all very well versed in blues and jazz and take their music very seriously at the same time they are having so much fun. The current band lineup consists of Scheer, Alizon Lissance on piano and vocals, Myanna on alto and tenor sax, Glenn Shambroom on baritone/bass/soprano sax and guitar, Jesse Williams on stand-up bass and vocals, Steve Brown on drums and vocals, Mario Perrett on tenor sax, and Bruce `The Goose' McGrath on baritone/tenor/alto sax and clarinet. This is a band unlike any you've ever heard before, believe me. They're sure to get your tail waggin', whether listening to one of their 3 great CD's or catching one of their fantastic live shows. And like Ed Scheer says, if "it doesn't put a smile on your face, check your pulse because you might be dead!"

Average customer rating:

New Tricks The Bonzo Dog Band Manufacturer: Right UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alternative Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Vol. 2: The Outro ASIN: B00004TCYY Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

1. Cool Britannia
2. I'm the Urban Spaceman
3. Intro and the Outro
4. Look at Me, I'm Wonderful
5. Canyons of Your Mind
6. Shirt
7. Big Shot
8. Hunting Tigers Out in 'Indiah'
9. Sound of Music
10. Ready-Mades
11. Hello Mabel
12. Tubas in the Moonlight
13. Mr. Slater's Parrot
14. We Were Wrong
15. Labio Dental Fricative
16. Straight From My Heart
17. Busted
18. Rusty (Champion Thrust)
19. Don't Get Me Wrong
20. Slush
21. Rhinocratic Oaths

Album Description

Digitally remastered hits compilation from the subversive early-Sixties art-pop Brit band who influenced The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Frank Zappa, The Who, Captain Beefheart, and Monty Python's Flying Circus. 21 tracks with sleeve notes written by Neil Innes.

Album Details

21 Original Classics, all Digitally Remastered.

Average customer rating: Funny CD

Old Dogs, New Tricks Barry Louis Polisar Manufacturer: The Orchard ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Teacher's Favorites Naughty Songs for Boys & Girls Family Trip Singable Songs for the Very Young: Great with a Peanut-Butter Sandwich ASIN: B00000JJ1O Release Date: 2000-03-11

Tracks:

1. Our Dog Bernard
2. One Day My Best Friend Barbara Turned Into A Frog
3. I Need You Like A Donut Needs A Hole
4. I'm A 3-Toed, Triple-Eyed, Double-Jointed Dinosaur
5. The Bumble Bee Song
6. What If A Zebra Had Spots
7. I Wanna Be A Dog
8. The Apple Of My Eye
9. My Brother Thinks He's A Banana
10. All I Want Is You
11. The Skatter Brak Flath Who Lives In My Bath
12. Giggle Tickle Fiddle Little Wiggle Around
13. I've Got A Dog And My Dog's Name Is Cat

Amazon.com

Forced to single out what, exactly, makes Barry Louis Polisar a brilliant and hilarious kids' artist, one would be hard-pressed to pick between his absurdist songwriting and his deadpan delivery. On Old Dog, New Tricks, a 1993 album so named, presumably, because of its minor canine angle ("Our Dog Bernard," "I Wanna Be a Dog," and "I've Got a Dog and My Dog's Name Is Cat" are among the 13 tracks), the choice is as challenging as ever. Consider "My Brother Thinks He's a Banana," for instance. Here, a hapless fellow "sleeps curled up in the fruit bowl" despite his grandma's protests, and turns yellow "but seems to be O.K." In fact, his fruity predicament notwithstanding, the banana brother "really is a scholar / [He's] read all the books by Bellow / Although he likes to clown around / And cut up in the Jell-O." There's also the sweet, just shy of sincere "I Need You Like a Donut Needs a Hole," in which a sheepish Polisar admits that "I need you like a peanut in a shell / Gonna hold you in my arms like water in a well." This album bubbles over with silliness--from the nonsensical "Giggle Tickle Fiddle Little Wiggle Around" to the goofy "One Day My Best Friend Barbara Turned into a Frog." Old Dog even incorporates a thought-provoking number or two, most notably "What If a Zebra Had Spots"--"What if a tiger had spots? / What if a leopard did not?" But, as usual, Polisar's believability--he may clown around, but he never seems to be putting on a condescending kiddie act--also makes this album leagues more likable than similar-minded releases. Others may try to portray "3-Toed, Triple-Eyed, Double-Jointed Dinosaurs" in song, but none will pull it off with the polished comic punch of Polisar. -- Tammy La Gorce

Customer Reviews:

Funny CD.......2007-07-16

I grew up with these songs and they are just as funny now that I have my own kids.

Average customer rating:

It's Hard to Teach Old Dogs New Tricks Rev. Melvin Bufford Manufacturer: T-Jaye Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Live Recordings | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music ASIN: B00018D52Q Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Jesus Is on the Main Line/My Soul Loves Jesus/Saved by the Blood

Average customer rating: superb remastering - long overdue for the Bonzos

New Tricks The Bonzo Dog Band Manufacturer: Castle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Indie & Lo Fi | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005AFL2 Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

1. Cool Britannia
2. I'm The Urban Spaceman
3. The Intro And The Outro
4. Look At Me I'm Wonderful
5. Canyons Of Your Mind
6. Shirt
7. Big Shot
8. Hunting Tigers Out In 'Indiah'
9. The Sound Of Music
10. Ready-Mades
11. Hello Mabel
12. Tubas In The Moonlight
13. Mr. Slater's Parrot
14. We Were Wrong
15. Labio-Dental Fricative
16. Straight From My Heart
17. Busted
18. Rusty (Champion Thrust)
19. Don't Get Me Wrong
20. Slush
21. Rhinocratic Oaths

Album Description

2001 release for the essential art school band that found fame in the sixties with their top five single 'I'm The Urban Spaceman'. Digitally remastered from original tapes. 21 tracks including, 'Cool Britannia', 'I'm The Urban Spaceman', 'The Intro And The Outro' & 'Look At Me I'm Wonderful'. 2001 release.

Customer Reviews:

superb remastering - long overdue for the Bonzos.......2006-07-06

On the liner notes for the Bonzo Dog Band's 40th Anniversary DVD (2006) we are proudly advised that the DVD project had nothing whatsoever to do with EMI - and neither does this CD, thank god. The EMI CD's all had lack lustre mastering, whereas all of the digitally remastered tracks on "New Tricks" sound vastly superior - these detailed songs deserve such reverent treatment.

It's worth owning even if only for the perfect and rather rare stereo versions of "I'm The Urban Spaceman" (without the intro fade out of Monster Mash) and "Canyons Of Your Mind" (with the spoken dubs between the intro pauses).

My only beef was with the cut down version of "Rusty" - which fades out 2 minutes short of the original, and makes the song sound silly rather than just unusual.

Ending with "Rhinocratic Oaths" is appropriate - it's not only just about their best radically different song, but it also has a sudden death ending (which leaves you longing for more).

Whether as an introduction to the Bonzo Dog Band or in order to complete a collection, "New Tricks" is to be highly recommended.

Average customer rating:

Old Dogs and New Tricks Raldo Schneider & The No Problemo Band ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000SJAPEO

Product Description

1 50 in a 25 2 Talk Show 3 Grandmas' Playin' Powerball 4 Theres' a Song in There Somewhere 5 Ya Just Don't Get It 6 The Bar Fly's Lament 7 San Pedro Town 8 Bridges 9 The Ballad of Wild Bill 10 Old Dogs and New Tricks

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2. Piano Album [Import]
3. Play Me Out [Import]
4. Rarities [Import]
5. Rosco's Rhythm [Import]
6. Rough Trade Field Guide to Music 1
7. Run for the Roses [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
8. Shady Groove
9. Shooters [Import] [Soundtrack]
10. Show [Live] [Import]

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